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Orange. Or Oranje if you are that way inclined.
At least, it was on Saturday night. Hordes of crazy Dutch and Pseudo-Dutch (you know who you are Jonathan) invaded the city.
Actually the city was probably a cross between orange and green, as separating Dutch people from beer is nigh on impossible. And, as far as […]
OK I’m cheating here, as this picture was taken in Germany. But I like it.
What a great match that was yesterday, everything that was good about football, and a few of the bad bits as well.
Maybe the Portuguese should have dealt with the two set pieces, but on the whole Germany deserved to win.
And so one […]
I’m trying to get a bit away from the football at the moment, so I’m also looking at featuring some of the ultimate destinations in Switzerland.
The Matterhorn is pretty much the symbol of Switzerland. It inspired Toblerone, and the Paramount logo is said to be based on it.
It’s a real mountain’s mountain. And this shot […]
Tuesday night was Italy against France in Zurich.
The clever money (ie mine) was on Holland fielding none of their best players and Romania beating them, which would mean the result of the big duel would actually be irrelevant. But The Dutch reserves were so good that that didn’t happen.
And so it was a straight fight […]
Just a few pics from L_K_M giving a bit of the party atmosphere. The first is looking out over the Fanzone at Sechsaläutenplatz.
The neatly lit Grossmunster in the background.
And a couple of nice shots of the bridge from Bürkliplatz to Bellevue.
Photos: Flickr - L_K_M
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Based on the popularity of my previous post on the subject, I thought it only right to play to the audience and deliver some further views of the wondrous Chateau Chillon. The first shot, above, was taken on one of those lovely days where the mountains seem to come so much closer. The Dents du […]
I don’t know why, but I really like this. OK, the photoshopping could be a bit neater, but what the heck?
A classic work of art, with an EM interpretation.
I wonder if Rodin’s model was contemplating his country being knocked out of a major football tournament?
The conventional wisdom is that Rodin was depicting the poet Dante […]
Having mentioned Switzerland’s tragic record in the EM, I feel it only fair that I should mention that yesterday they beat the country that most pundits consider favourite for the title.
Not only that, they scored two goals - one from the penalty spot, which is more than they have scored in an EM finals game […]
A bit of a light-hearted post to take your mind off the EM.
Apparently in the film “21″ there’s a scene where Ben (Jim Sturgess) is cycling to the MIT, with a blue and white Freitag bag over his shoulder.
In the next scene, it’s slung over his other shoulder, which is a pretty neat trick while […]
Switzerland is completely sport crazy at the moment.
Not only do we have the EM (Did I mention that?) but there’s also the Tour de Suisse, one of the biggest annual sports events in the country.
It’s not as big as the Tour de France, but then France is much bigger than Switzerland.
But as Switzerland consists mainly […]
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Written by Geoff Collins [email] for b5media.
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